added workflow

.github/workflows/pull-request.yml

@@ -295,7 +295,116 @@ jobs:
         with:
           path: './coverage/lcov.info'
           min_coverage: 95.0
-
+
+  Docker-Check:
+    needs: Test-Application
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout repository
+        users: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Set up Node.js
+      - users: actions/setup-node@v4
+        with:
+          node-version: '22.x'
+
+      - name: Cache Node.js dependencies
+        uses: actions/cache@v4
+        with:
+          path: |
+            ~/.npm
+            node_modules
+          key: ${{ runner.os }}-docker-check-${{ hashFiles('**/package-lock.json') }}
+          restore-keys: |
+            ${{ runner.os }}-docker-check-
+
+      - name: Check if Talawa API starts in Docker
+        run : | 
+          # Ensure no containers are running 
+          docker-compose -f docker-compose.dev.yaml down -v || true
+
+          # Verify docker-compose file exists
+          if [! -f "docker-compose.dev.yaml"]; then 
+            echo "Error: docker-compose.dev.yaml not found"
+            exit 1
+          fi
+
+          # Start containers
+          if ! docker-compose -f docker-compose.dev.yaml up -d --build; then
+            echo "Failed to start containers"
+            docker-compose -f docker-compose.dev.yaml logs
+            exit 1
+          fi
+
+          # Wait for MongoDB and Redis to be ready
+          echo "Waiting for MongoDB..."
+          timeout=30
+          until docker-compose -f docker-compose.dev.yaml exec -T mongodb mongo --eval "db.runCommand('ping').ok">/dev/null 2>&1 || [ $timeout -eq 0]; do
+          sleep 1
+          ((timeout--))
+          done
+          if [ $timeout -eq 0 ]; then
+            echo "Error: MongoDB failed to start within timeout"
+            docker-compose -f docker-compose.dev.yaml logs mongodb
+            docker-compose -f docker-compose.dev.yaml down -v
+            exit 1
+          fi
+
+          echo "Waiting for Redis..."
+          timeout=30
+          until docker-compose -f docker-compose.dev.yaml exec -T redis-stack-server redis-cli ping >dev/null 2>&1 || [ $timemout -eq 0]; do
+          sleep 1
+          ((timeout--))
+          done
+          if[ $timeout -eq 0 ]; then
+            echo "Error: Redis failed to start within timeout"
+            docker-compose -f docker-compose.dev.yaml logs redis-stack-server
+            docker-compose -f docker-compose.dev.yaml down -v
+            exit 1
+          fi
+
+          # Wait for TALAWA API to be healthy 
+          timeout=60
+          until docker-compose -f docker-compose.dev.yaml exec -T talawa-api-dev curl -sf "http://talawa-api-dev:4000/health" 2>&1 || [ $timeout -eq 0 ]; do
+          echo "Waiting for API to start... ($timeout seconds remaining)"
+          sleep 1
+          ((timeout--))
+        done
+
+        if [ $timeout -eq 0 ]; then
+          echo "Error: API failed to start within timeout"
+          docker-compose -f docker-compose.dev.yaml logs
+          docker-compose -f docker-compose.dev.yaml down -v
+          exit 1
+        fi
+
+        echo "API started successfully"
+
+        # Ensure cleanup runs even if the script fails
+        cleanup() {
+          echo "Cleaning up containers..."
+          if ! docker-compose -f  docker-compose.dev.yaml down -v; then
+            echo "Warning: Failed to cleanup containers"
+          fi
+        }
+
+        trap cleanup EXIT
+  env:
+      HEALTH_CHECK_URL: http://localhost:4000
+      COMPOSE_PROJECT_NAME: pr-${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}
+      MONGO_DB_URL: mongodb://mongodb:27017/talawa-test-db
+      REDIS_HOST: redis-stack-server
+      REDIS_PORT: 6379
+      ACCESS_TOKEN_SECRET: ${{ github.event.repository.name }}_access_${{ github.sha }}
+      REFRESH_TOKEN_SECRET: ${{ github.event.repository.name }}_refresh_${{ github.sha }}
+      LAST_RESORT_SUPERADMIN_EMAIL: "[email protected]"
+      COLORIZE_LOGS: "true"
+      LOG_LEVEL: "info"
+      RECAPTCHA_SITE_KEY: ${{secrets.RECAPTCHA_SITE_KEY}}
+      RECAPTCHA_SECRET_KEY: ${{secrets.RECAPTCHA_SECRET_KEY}}
+      MAIL_USERNAME: ${{secrets.MAIL_USERNAME}}
+      MAIL_PASSWORD: ${{secrets.MAIL_PASSWORD}}
+
   JSDocs:
     if: ${{ github.actor != 'dependabot[bot]' }}
     name: 'JSDocs comments and pipeline'